Enterovirus D68 is a non-polio enterovirus that can cause seasonal respiratory outbreaks, especially in children, sometimes leading to severe illness. Including enterovirus targets aids in outbreak detection and surveillance of these clinically important virus (Grizer et al 2024, Martin et al. 2016).
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Grizer, C. S., Messacar, K., & Mattapallil, J. J. (2024). Enterovirus D68 – A reemerging non-polio enterovirus that causes severe respiratory and neurological disease in children. Frontiers in Virology, 4, 1328457frontiersin.org.
